barbering

In Dec 2010, I got myself three little mouse girls. They appeared to be full grown already at this point. So they got along well, they had a relatively uneventful little mouse-life together. In April, the first of the three died. I believe the cause to be old age, because she was in the 1.5-2...

Hello! I am new here. I have a question about my mice's actions. I have five mice. Two are in one cage and three new ones are in a separate cage being quaranteened. The two that are not being quaranteened (Bianca and Phoebe) have been together since I purchased them in September last year...

My chinchilla that I have had for years (8 years now), started barbering. I thought maybe it was because when I had her at my parents house, she did it because of the warmer temperature of the house. But now that I have her back at my new place, she is still doing it - and has started barbering...

One of my rats (Baby, 3 months old, in profile picture) has been loosing fur on her back. It looks like its thinning and now its starting to have bits of pink on the roots of her hair and she is looking dull and messy. She is not scratching more then usual but seems to be grooming a lot. I did...